Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

What we have to do is to definitively remove the last vestiges of power from those who treat terms such as 'liberal democracy,' 'free markets' and 'Europe' with suspicion.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

Quality of life is not only about what you find in the shops; it's about the landscape.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

If we want to protect people against dictators or repression or torture, don't you need that rule to be universal so as to not end up with a situation where we do so only when it is comfortable, profitable and safe?

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

In Poland we still believe - and this certainly applies to my government - that greater competitiveness, and greater growth and savings are possible in an economy which is as sparely regulated as possible, where freedom, competition and private ownership are key values.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

Today, the most important political instrument in the hands of the opposition is the presidential veto.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

Communism was something so hideous that you had to be an exceptional conformist or a fool not to see the evil around you.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

My family history, like that of many Polish, German and Jewish families from Central Europe in the 20th century, is complex.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

My Kashubian family, like the Jews, are people who were born and live in border areas and were suspected by the Nazis and by the Communists of being disloyal.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

A word of truth can mobilise two peoples looking for the road to reconciliation.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

We should believe in the strength and vitality of the values which constitute the E.U. and which neighbouring states can believe in and aspire to join.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

I can confirm that Poland should become a eurozone country, and not just because of the treaties that have been signed, but because I consider it of strategic interest both for Poland and the E.U.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

I'm plain incapable of getting angry with Angela Merkel and likewise.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

I got into politics a little bit by chance, as a person from the first generation of the Solidarity movement.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

Politics itself is not sacred any more.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

Poland is not a very large country, but it's also not a small country.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

I will be engaging myself personally, as the head of the Polish government, in the optimization of conditions for the exploration, research, logistics and the business related to the production of shale gas.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

If there's one country that can be trusted to understand the complexity of history, it's Israel.

Donald Tusk
Donald Tusk

There is no Polish culture without Jewish culture.